Igor of Kiev

Igor of Kiev (875-945) was Grand Prince of the Kievan Rus from 912 to 945, succeeding Oleg of Novgorod and preceding Sviatoslav I of Kiev.

Biography
Yngvar Helgisson was born in 875, the second son of Rurik and the younger brother of Helgi. He succeeded his older brother as Grand Prince of the Kievan Rus on his death in 912, and he went on to twice besiege the Byzantine capital of Constantinople in 941 and 944; in 913 and 944, he also plundered Arab possessions on the Caspian Sea. In 945, he attempted to collect tribute from the Drevlians twice in the same month, angering them. They had him tied to two bent trees before letting the trees straighten, tearing Igor in half. His wife, Saint Olga, became regent of Kiev before their son Sviatoslav I of Kiev rose to the throne.